goose Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hi I'm in process of building a tomcat from Top Gun film, what's the correct humbrol paint colours for this era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 The Fightertown decal sheet gives the FS numbers as 35237 for the darkest grey, 36320 for the mid grey and 36375 for the lightest grey. This equates to 145, 127 (which according to my chart is 26320 rather than 36320) and 126 (which again is listed as 26375 rather than 36375). Hope that this is of some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 FS36375 and FS36320 are Humbrol #127 and 128 , https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-14/f-14_profile02.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 21 hours ago, Stephen said: FS36375 and FS36320 are Humbrol #127 and 128 , https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-14/f-14_profile02.shtml That is weird in the fact that on one Humbrol chart the paints are as I have given them and on an older Humbrol chart it is as you have given. I do wish that they would make up their minds which is which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 For the FS number, the first digit denotes level of gloss, ie. 3xxxx = flat, 2xxxx = semi-gloss and 1xxxxx = glossy. For example 15042 is glossy, while 35042 is flat, but they are both Dark Navy Blue. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Humbrol 126 in my charts has always been listed as a match for FS 36270, with 127 and 128 as the two ghost greys used on the Tomcat and other modern US aircrafts. In my experience these two are quite good matches, don't know what the current quality of Humbrol colours is like though On 15/7/2017 at 7:35 AM, TheRealMrEd said: For the FS number, the first digit denotes level of gloss, ie. 3xxxx = flat, 2xxxx = semi-gloss and 1xxxxx = glossy. For example 15042 is glossy, while 35042 is flat, but they are both Dark Navy Blue. Ed Small bit of trivia: we have to be careful as in the FS catalogues there have been instances where the gloss and flat colour with the same last 3 figures were not simply a gloss and flat version of the same colour but were different colours. All these should have been corrected in the latest issues of the catalogue but better check each case In this case the correct colours to use are the flat ones, the reason why Humbrol listed 127 and 128 as semigloss is simply that these paints are indeed semigloss, together with a number of other paints that Humbrol introduced for modern aircrafts. This is not a problem for the modeller as a gloss coat would have to be applied for the decals and a final coat of matt varnish sorts everything if this finish is preferred. I have to say that the level of sheen of these paints is (or used to be, my tins are pretty old) very realistic anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Are they in the "Three tone Low Viz scheme" or in the earlier "Single tone Low Viz"? In such a case, FS 36440 would be the colour, AFAIK. FErnando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 21 hours ago, Fernando said: Are they in the "Three tone Low Viz scheme" or in the earlier "Single tone Low Viz"? In such a case, FS 36440 would be the colour, AFAIK. FErnando 3-tone TPS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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